Improvement in roundabouts



L'C. CLIME.

Roundabout.

Bate Med April 13, 1875.

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THE GRAPHIC CO.PHO O.-LITH.3B&41 P RK PLAOE,N.Y.

JOHN C. OLIME, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO JONATHAN O. OLIME AND JOSEPH LING, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROUNDABO UTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,032, dated April 13, 1875; application filed January 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. CLIME, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Revolving Pleasure Carriages, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a revolving carriage having one or more shafts provided with treadle-cranks, and also pinions which gear into a stationary bevel-wheel, which has a circular railway cast therewith, on which friction-wheels of the carriage revolve. The carriage is fast on a central shaft, the lower end of which revolves in a hub, which extends through the base of the machine and hub of the gear-wheels.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved pleasure-carriage. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line w w of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference in both figures indicate the same parts.

A is the base of the machine. B is a hub, the lower end of which extends down through the center of the base, and the flange a rests in the recess b of the same, and is confined by means of bolts. 0 is a bevel-gear wheel, having a circular railway, D, cast therewith. The wheel is situated on the hub B and rests upon the flange a of the latter, and is fastened thereto by means of screws or bolts. E is a central shaft, the lower end of which revolves in the central opening of the hub B, and rests upon the adjustable step F, at the lower end of the hub. G is the carriage, which is secured fast to the shaft E. It has any desirable number of seats, H, for the riders, and

one or more shafts, I, that have treadle-eranks J, operated by the riders. The shafts are provided with pinions K, which gear into the bevel-wheel O, whereby the carriage is re volved. To relieve the step F and the gearin g of a large amount of friction, the carriage G is provided with one or more friction-wheels, L, that revolve on the circular railway D. The shafts M of the wheels are support-ed by means of hangers N, which project from the ]ower side of the wheel. To give strength and support to the carriage, there is a rim, 0, connected with the shaft E, at the upper end of the hub B, with which the upper ends of stay-rods P are hooked, the lower ends of the rods being turned to form eyes for connecting them to the carriage by means of screws.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The revolving pleasure-carriage G, permanently connected With the upper end of the revolving shaft E, in combination with the base A, having a central hub, B, in which the lower end of the shaft E revolves, the said hub being provided with a bevel-gear wheel, 0, having a circular railway, D, cast therewith for the support of the carriage, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the revolving pleasure-carriage G, having shafts I, provided with treadles J and pinions K, with the bevelgear wheel O and circular railway D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN G. OLIME.

Witnesses THOMAS J. BEWLEY, STEPHEN UsrroK. 

